Glove



(No Model.)

' J. M. G'HANUT.

Glove.

No. 229,377. Patented lune 29,1880.

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GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,377, dated June 29, 1880.

Application led April 5, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, JEAN M. CHANUT, of Boston,county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Gloves, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speci cation.

This invention relates to improvements in gloves, and has especial reference to the manner of securing and holding the studs or fastenings to the glove, and to a novel manner of finishing the edges of the button-holes.

In this invention the stud, of usual construction, is inserted through a hole made in the 1r. teri al of the glove, preferably by a stiletto or other conical-pointed instrument which will not tear or slitthe material; then the edge of the kid or glove material about the shank of the stud is caught up or drawn about the said shank by means of a thread carried by a handoperated needle; then a studholding' piece provided with a small slit is passed over the base ofthe stud and placed between the said base and the glove material, where it is stitched to the glove material, and prevents the studbase from being' drawn out or through the glove material, except by also drawing through with it theholdingpiece. After this the outer end of the stud-base is covered by the covering portion, having for its purpose to prevent contact of the stud, which will usually be of metal, with the wrist.

The button-holes to iit over and engage the studs are lined and bound by means of a sea1n less one-piece edge-protector.

Heretoi'ore it has been common to form at the edge of the glove-wrist a short slit eX- tended in the direction of the Width of the glove at top. This slit has been lined or bound by means of a short strip of kid, and after the stud was inserted through the slit the edges ot the latt r have been sewed or caught together near the shank of the stud, and the stud to be drawn forcibly from the glove need only break away tl said stitches or reopen the said slit far enough for the passage of the base of the stud thrt rsgh it, whereas, in this invention, the stud-holding piece, much larger than the base of the stud, must first be drawn through the glove material, which, in case the holdingpiece is made as a strip, as is preferred, is practically impossible.

A stud applied to a glove of kid or leather in the manner herein claimed is so thoroughly secured that it cannot be drawn out without destroying the glove.

Button-holes, prior to my invention, have been bound with strips of kid stitched together" at their ends at one end of the buttoirhole, leaving the button-hole free to tear usually at that end of it next the edge of the glove, the lapped ends of the button-hole binding-strip being placed nearest the edge of the wrist of the glove, to enable the said ends to be covered by the edge-piece along and about the open part of the wrist.

In this present invention the buttonhole binding-piece is made seamless, thus forming a seamless lining for the buttonhole edge.

Figure l represents the wrist oi' a glove provided with studs and button-holes in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2, a detail of the interior of the glove at that side of the wrist to receive the studs, showing the differ ent steps of this invention; Fig. 3, a modication in detail as to steps, as in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, live sections of the wrist on the live dotted lines, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, sections on the dotted lines, Fi gi 2; Fig. 6, a detail of the interior of the glove, showing one button-hole, the lower one, as tinished, and the `upper one but partially so; Fig. 7, a detail, showing the buttonhole protecting-piece or binding secured to the kid of the glove by stitches extended through to the back of the glove, as shown in the upper button-hole in Fig. 6; and Figs. 8 and 9 are sections of Fig. 6 on the dotted lines therein shown.

In the drawings, the glove material a, of kid or leather, is provided along one edge of the wrist with a series of small holes, b, one only being shown, preferably made by a conicalpointed instrument to avoid removing material or making a slit which will tear out. Through these openings so made in the glove the studs d are inserted, after which, by means of a needle and thread, the edge of the kid next to and about the shank of the stud is overcast or drawn and held together by means of a thread, (shown at o.)

In the drawings, the kid about the small holes b is shown as so caught together before thefstud is inserted; but in practice such will not be the case, and the drawings so show it,

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because the base of the stud d actually covers the said stitching.

The stud-holding pie'ce c, preferably made as a long piece of kid provided with a series of slots, j', is then passed or buttoned down over the base of the said stud, and becomes thereby inserted between the said base and glove material. Theholding-piecec is stitched to the glove-wrist, and serves to prevent the base of the said stud from drawing through. Next the stud-covers g are made to inelose or cover the bases of the studs d when they are stitched to the holding-strip and glove material, and after that the edges of the glove along the wrist are bound by the stay or binding-strip h. (See section next to bottom of Fig. 5.)

The wrist of the glove, Fig. 2, is shown as having one stud fully attached, and the stud covered and the edge of the wrist bound. (See also lowermost section of Fig. 5.)

In Fig. 3, instead of' making the stud-holder e all in one piece, as in Fig. 2, several small holders, e, are employed, one for eaeh stud, the said pieces being each one stitched to the glove after being passed over the base ot' its stud,when the base of each stud is covered by the cover g, and the edge of the wrist is subsequentlybound or inished by the staystrip or binding h, blind-stitched in the usual way to the glove and turned under, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

My improved button-hole is first cut of proper size. Then I take a slitted washerlike button-hole stay or iinishing piece of kid, 7c, having a button-hole slit or opening', but no seam, and stitch it about the edge of the button-hole at the right or outer side of the glove, (see Fig. 7,) the said piece k-being, however, wrong side out. This done, and the parts being as in Figs. 7 and 8, the free or outer edges of the stay-piece 7c are turned over and down through the button-hole slit l in the glove into the position shown in Fig. 9, where the edges of the stay or finishing piece so turned into the glove are stitched, as at m, and the binding 7L is stitched along that edge of the wrist.

rlhis plan of Iinishing the button-hole and attaching the studs may be applied to buttonlioles and studs when applied to other leather or kid articles than gloves-as, for instance, slioewvoik.

The slitf, after being passed over the stud, is drawn together closely about the shank of the stud by a thread carried by the needle, to afford further security and increase the difficulty of drawing the base of the stud through slit f.

I claiml. The stud combined with the kid or leather a., provided with a hole, b, as described, for the reception of the stud, the edges of the said material a. being caught together, strengthened, and closed about the stud by a thread, substantially as described.

2. The stud and the kid or leather provided with a hole for the reception of the stud, combined with the stud-holding piece c, provided with a slit and interposed between the base of the stud and the material a, substantially as and-for the purpose described.

3. The stud inserted in the material a, combined with the holdin g-pieee c, stitched thereto, and the stud-cover g, stitched to the said material a, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subseribin g witnesses.

JEAN M. GHANUT.

Witnesses Jos. P. LIVERMORE, G. W, GREGORY. 

